Stock-watering device.



J. ROACHQ STOCK WATEBING DEVICE. AP-PLIGATION FILED APR. 4, 1908.

Patented Aug. 3, 190

JOHN ROACH, OF EAST ST. LOUIS, ILLINOIS.

STGCK-WATEBING' DEVIGE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1909.

Application filed April 4, 1908. Serial No. 425,268.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN ROAGL-I, a citizen of the United States, andresident of East St. Louis, Illinois, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Stock- Watering Devices, of w rich the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in stock watering devices, and hasfor its object to provide a mechanism whereby the flow of water to awatering trough is discontinued when the water contained in the troughhas reached a predetermined level.

in the drawings Figure 1 is a top plan view of a device embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical view in section of theregulating device employed in my invention. Fig. 3 is a transverse viewin crosssection of the valve controlling rod employed in my invention,taken on the line 33 of 2. Fig. dis an enlarged plan view of the lookingwheel employed in my invention and its connections.

As shown in the drawings, the watering trough 5 is provided with acompartment 6 containing the float 7 this float being mounted upon theangle-bar 8 pivotally mounted as indicated by the numeral 9 in thestandard 10, which standard 10 is mounted upon the top of the housing11. The inner end of the angle-bar 8, indicated by the numeral 12,engages with the outer end of the dog 13, which dog 13 is mounted in thebracket 14 by means of the pivot 15. The inner end of the dog 13,indicated by the numerals 16, is preferably rectangular in section asillustrated in the drawing, and its end engages with the depression 17in the cogwheel 18, the cogwheel being in turn mounted upon the valverod 19. The valve rod 19 is provided at its upper extremity with thecrank 20, and at its lower end receives the valve screw 21, the valvescrew being splined, as indicated by the numeral 22 in Fig. 3, withinthe bore 23 at the lower end of the valve rod 19. The valve screw 21carries at its lower end the plunger valve 24 seated in the h0using 25to intercept the flow of the water supply through the pipe 26 to therevoluble discharge pipe 27. The discharge pipe 27 is made revoluble inorder that its terminalnozzle 28 may be swung 1n rotation to any Idesired number of troughs within its radius;

these troughs being indicated in series in Fig. 1, where they areindicated by the numerals 5, 29, 30 and 31.

The mode of operation of my device is as follows: The valve 2 1 beingopen and the parts in the relative position shown in Fig. 2, water isdischarged from the nozzle 28 into the trough 5 and the connectingchamber 6, until the desired and predetermined water level is attained;whereupon the upward movement of the float 7, through the anglebar 8depresses the outer end of the dog 13, thus raising the inner end, 16,of the dog 13 and tl'irowing its extremity out of engagement with thecogwheel 18. The valve rod 19 is provided with Weights 32 and a spring33, mounted upon said valve rod in the manner illustrated in Fig. 2 andconnected therewith by the cords 34. The cogwheel being released by theoperation just described, the valve rod 19 is caused to revolve by theweights 32 and spring 33, seating the valve 24 in place within itshousing 25, thus interrupting the flow of water through the pipes 26 and27. The discharge pipe 27 is then revolved to discharge into one of theother troughs in the series, 29, 30 or 31, the valve 24 is released bymeans of the crank 20, and the dog 13 belonging to the trough about tobe filled is engaged with one or" the openings 17 in the cogwheel 18,and is again released therefrom by the same operation above described,when a suiflcient amount of water has been discharged through thedischarge pipe 27.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tohave secured to me by the grant of Letters Patent, is:

In a stock watering device the combination oi' a plurality of wateringtroughs arranged about a common center; a water supply pipe a rotatableterminal-nozzle mounted on the upper extremity of said supply pipe and afloat loosely mounted in each oi said troughs; lever arms carrying saidfloats; pivotally mounted dogs registering with each of said lever arms;a plunger valve situated in the supply pipe; a valve rod adapted tocontrol i said valve; a cog-Wheel mounted on said valve rod and adaptedto be engaged successively With said dogs to close said valve 5 When theWater has reached a predetermined level in the trough being supplied bythe terminal-nozzle, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inpresence of two

